Re: [HACKERS] Warning!!

I hope it is!  I dont have the skill set to track it down but mabe a
library?

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > I'm very new to this list, and I have to first say that 6.4beta5 fixes
> > every problem I had encountered with 6.3.2 (A small list..) A bug I didn't
> > encounter isn't a bug for me...
> > 
> > BUT...
> > 
> > Just now I saw and posted this...
> > 
> > testdb=> select cash_mul_flt8('$1', '123.74');
> > cash_mul_flt8
> > -------------
> > $123.73      
> > (1 row)
> > 
> > If the pence is 0-4 it rounds down... surely that's a rounding bug because
> > it should be looking at the next significant figure?
> > 
> > It's really small, and insignificant but I guess I should tell somone...
> > 
> 
> Works here on BSD/OS 4.0.  Looks like an OS bug, perhaps.
> 
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James (james@linuxrocks.co.uk)
Vortex Internet
My Windows unders~1 long filena~1, and yours?